Yeah, my Proxmox cluster hasn’t even been fully operational for 48 hours yet, and I’m already writing an article titled “Mistakes Were Made.” I genuinely wish I had known some of this beforehand, because it would have saved me time and, quite possibly, money. Storage I am already running out of storage. Yes. Not even…
Tag: ceph
Proxmox HA is alive!
This weekend was D-Day for my Proxmox HA/Ceph cluster. Spoiler alert! It actually runs! And yes, this took way longer than expected, and I had a serious run-in with Mr. Murphy. More on that later. Photos All three nodes, side by side. And yes, I bought another NOX 010 case. It differs from the NOX…
Proxmox HA host update
It has been a while since I posted an update about my Proxmox homelab. Memory I upgraded the “Logos” from 64 GB to 96 GB after finding a reasonably priced 2×32 GB memory kit. After installation, I ran extensive MemTest86 checks; everything passed without issues. Unfortunately, memory prices are going through the roof at the…
And another Proxmox update!
It is now almost a year ago that I started my Proxmox journey. Almost exactly a year ago Microsoft decided to push the infamous Windows 11 update and subsequently wrecking my homeserver in the process. And right now, I have a few more interesting things to talk about. Hardware “Node 3” is almost finished. I…
Proxmox update: 10Gbe network. CHECK
Nerd alert! The three Intel X710 10Gbe network cards are in! Thank you Ebay! ( in earnest this time! 🙂 Port 1 will be used for the Ceph sync for the VM’s. Port 2 will be used for data towards my network. More soon! Brain out!
Proxmox update
And time for a short Proxmox HA update. Hardware The first new — or actually, second-hand — hardware is coming in. I found a used 10 Gbit Ubiquiti XG 16 GEN 1 switch for a nice price. It comes with ten SFP+ ports and four regular RJ-45 ports, all supporting up to 10 Gbit. Core…
From Single point of failure to High Availability
I wrote before about backups. https://www.familie-kleinman.nl/brain/index.php/2025/04/12/backup-stories-what-was-needed-to-get-to-never-again/ . Backups are the last line of defense. If everything else fails, you fall back on them. But that raises the question: what’s the first line of defense, and what can you build in between? Having your data on multiple hard drives, in RAID, is such a defense. One…